As APIs continue to open doors to information and functionality, they move well beyond being merely technical interfaces to becoming central actors in new digital business models. However, for such business models to be effective and successful, technical teams are confronted with the unique challenge of API-enabling systems that weren't necessarily built to provide real-time access. Because of this, there are several implementations beyond the obvious that must be catered for in order to create APIs that are easy to use and can truly scale to handle the sort of volumes expected from real-time systems.
API-led is therefore an architectural approach that puts APIs at the epicenter of communications between applications and the business capabilities they need to access, in order to consistently deliver seamless functionality across all digital channels. The...